F-35: Sequester May Cost Air Force 5 More F-35As; Air Guard, Modernization At Risk

F-35: Sequester May Cost Air Force 5 More F-35As; Air Guard, Modernization At Risk
F-35: Sequester May Cost Air Force 5 More F-35As; Air Guard, Modernization At Risk

ARLINGTON:  “I don’t have the exact number yet,” Air Force Maj. Gen. Edward Bolton said Tuesday, but to pay the bill for sequestration, the service might have to cut its fiscal 2013 procurements by “two, three, four, maybe even five F-35s.” “That money’s just gone,” sighed Bolton, the service’s outgoing deputy assistant secretary for budget,…